Texas

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Minneapolis-based developer Ryan Cos. has broken ground on a 345-unit apartment community located in Austin’s Mueller District. The project will consist of two three- and five-story buildings with 2,500 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. Units will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, with 15 percent (about 50) of residences reserved for renters earning up to 60 percent of Austin’s area median income. Specific amenities were not disclosed, but the developer stated that the project will offer outdoor gathering spaces, coworking spaces, a rooftop deck and pet care facilities. Completion is slated for late 2023.

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HOUSTON — Arden Logistics Parks, a division of Philadelphia-based investment firm Arden Group, has acquired a two-building, 203,421-square-foot industrial complex in northeast Houston. Built in 1999 and renovated in 2008 and 2014, the property features 24- to 30-foot clear heights. Rusty Tamlyn, Trent Agnew, Charlie Strauss and Jack Moody of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. James Brolan and John David Johnson of JLL arranged the financing on behalf of Arden Logistics Parks.

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HOUSTON — Realty Trust Group, a healthcare real estate advisory firm with six offices across the Southeast, has expanded into Texas with the opening of a new office at 2200 Post Oak Blvd. in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood. Services offered will include healthcare real estate advisory, market analytics, project development, brokerage, property management and regulatory compliance support. Craig Flanagan, an industry veteran who joined Realty Trust Group in 2012, will lead the new office.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Houston-based developer McCormack Commercial has broken ground on Meacham Commerce Center, a 1.3 million-square-foot industrial project in Fort Worth. Meacham Commerce Center will consist of four buildings with cross-dock and rear-load configurations that will be situated on an 80-acre site on the city’s north side. The first building will span 334,750 square feet and will feature 36-foot clear heights and parking for 240 cars and 103 trailers. Completion of that building is slated for the third quarter. Holt Lunsford has been tapped as the leasing agent.

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DENTON, TEXAS — Illinois-based investment firm ML Realty Partners has acquired a 153,150-square-foot industrial building located at 2340 I-35 W. Service Road in the North Texas city of Denton. According to commercialcafé.com, the freestanding property was built on a 36.3-acre site in 2006. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. ML Realty Partners has tapped CBRE to lease the building.  

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COPPELL, TEXAS — Biotechnology firm Genera has signed a 260,819-square-foot industrial lease renewal and expansion at 600 Freeport Parkway in Coppell, located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Matt Hyman and Bryan Parker represented the landlord, Indianapolis-based Duke Realty, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis.

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HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Studio 6 Houston, a 134-room hotel that is located on a three-acre site at 220 Bammel Westfield Road in North Houston. Gordon Allred and Tulsee Nathu of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Dallas-based Prosper Hospitality, in the transaction. The buyer, Salt Lake City-based investment firm MCRE, plans to convert the property into a residential community.

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SAN ANTONIO — New York City-based Ready Capital has closed a $20.2 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of an unnamed, 208-unit apartment complex in the Far West submarket of San Antonio. The nonrecourse, interest-only loan features a 36-month term, floating interest rate, two extension options and a facility to fund future capital improvements. The sponsor was not disclosed.

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ROCKWALL AND MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Locally based developer SWBC Real Estate has sold two apartment communities totaling 566 units in the Dallas area. The Royalton at Rockwall Downes is a 295-unit property located east of Dallas that SWBC built in 2021 and that offers one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom units with an average size of 1,006 square feet. Amenities include a resort-style pool and spa, fitness center and spin studio, dog grooming facility and a gaming center. Central Park at Craig Ranch is a 271-unit community located north of Dallas within the Craig Ranch master-planned development in McKinney that was completed by SWBC in 2019. This property offers the same types of floor plans and a similar amenity package as Royalton at Rockwall Downes. Affiliates of Lightbulb Capital Group, the family office of Los Angeles-based Jay Schuminsky, purchased both properties for undisclosed amounts. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello, Michael Ware and Taylor Hill of Marcus & Millichap’s Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) brokered the deals on behalf of SWBC.

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SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Granite Properties has broken ground on the second phase of Granite Place at Southlake Town Square, a project that will add 143,500 square feet of office space to the supply of Tarrant County. Designed by Corgan Associates, the five-story building will complement Granite Place I, which was completed in 2017 and is now fully leased. Granite Place II will feature a touchless path from the parking garage to the office, as well as touch-free entry doors and bathroom fixtures and clean air technology in the HVAC system. Additional amenities will include outdoor working and meeting space, a corporate living room, fitness center and grab-and-go food service. DPR Construction is the general contractor for the project, completion of which is slated for February 2023.

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